In bright, bold colors and vivid, expressive brushstrokes, Flores has depicted herself, her partner and their two teenage daughters at an area basketball court.

It's a pretty picture of what we've come to call a nontraditional family, and Flores' mission in art — and life — is to persuade, coax or force people to question just what traditional really means.

“I queer my artwork up,” said the amicable Flores, 37, a painter, jewelry maker and author whose book of vignettes, “Empanada: A Lesbiana Story in Pruebaditas,” was published a year-and-a-half ago. “I just want to create more of a voice for the lesbian community, and for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community in general. My subjects are always women. I've been doing that since I was a teenager 20 years ago.”

Flores is one of more than 50 artists participating at nearly 20 sites in the 2013 Uptown Art Stroll from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Olmos Park Terrace neighborhood, bordered by Basse Road, McCullough Avenue, San Pedro Avenue and Dora Street.

“I've been doing the stroll since the get-go, and it's a blast,” Flores said. “It's a very family-oriented community, very fun and open-minded. We take care of each other. There are lots of artists and activists in the neighborhood. Everyone is just alive here, involved in San Antonio, very active.”

Although “Family Portrait” is off-limits, Flores will have half a dozen paintings available, as well as her own silver jewelry designs.

Executed in intoxicating color inspired by “the flora and fauna of Mexico,” Flores' subjects — always women, remember — range from a local curandera to a young, spike-haired lesbian (“I wanted to encapsulate the power and beauty in butch women,” she said) to her take on La Virgen de Guadalupe.